Whence the archaic practice of the school photograph?
It was around in my schooldays, and technology aside, little seems to have changed. The call-out from your classroom, the production line mentality, the sky-blue background set up in the school hall…
I have to confess that I’ve never quite ‘got’ the whole thing. Maybe it doesn’t help that [...]
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They’re Going to Party like it’s… 1807?
Published November 20th, 2007 in Education and Offspring. 4 CommentsA Small Female Offspring came home and announced that they’d been doing paired dancing in gym class, in preparation for some sort of Christmas celebration.
Apparently - and of course I’ve only got the Small Offspring’s interpretation on this - the girls are to stand and wait for the boys to come and select them because [...]
One of the Offspring bounced out of school yesterday and announced in a loud and carrying voice:
“In seven weeks it will be Christmas Eve!”
I was shocked. What a thing for a child to say to its mother in the middle of the playground. I really didn’t need to hear that. There’s enough of this kind [...]
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